Origins of the Boxer Uprising

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Zusatztext "A challenging revisionist account which provides the most satisfactory insight into the nature of the Boxer phenomenon currently available in the West." Informationen zum Autor Joseph W. Esherick is Emeritus Professor! History at University of California! San Diego. He is the author of Ancestral Leaves: A Family Journey through Chinese History (UC Press) and co-editor of Chinese Local Elites and Patterns of Dominance and The Chinese Cultural Revolution as History ! among many books. Klappentext In the summer of 1900! bands of peasant youths from the villages of north China streamed into Beijing to besiege the foreign legations! attracting the attention of the entire world. Joseph Esherick reconstructs the early history of the Boxers! challenging the traditional view that they grew from earlier anti-dynastic sects! and stressing instead the impact of social ecology and popular culture. Zusammenfassung In the summer of 1900! bands of peasant youths from the villages of north China streamed into Beijing to besiege the foreign legations! attracting the attention of the entire world. Joseph Esherick reconstructs the early history of the Boxers! challenging the traditional view that they grew from earlier anti-dynastic sects! and stressing instead the impact of social ecology and popular culture.

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Joseph W. Esherick is Emeritus Professor, History at University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Ancestral Leaves: A Family Journey through Chinese History (UC Press) and co-editor of Chinese Local Elites and Patterns of Dominance and The Chinese Cultural Revolution as History, among many books.

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In the summer of 1900, bands of peasant youths from the villages of north China streamed into Beijing to besiege the foreign legations, attracting the attention of the entire world. Joseph Esherick reconstructs the early history of the Boxers, challenging the traditional view that they grew from earlier anti-dynastic sects, and stressing instead the impact of social ecology and popular culture.

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